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A list of terms relating to measurement of time.

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The Gregorian calendar is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It has been the unofficial global standard for decades, recognised by international institutions such as the United ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years. A ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

Metric time is the measure of time interval using the metric system, which defines the second as the base unit of time, and multiple and submultiple units formed with metric prefixes, such as ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

Sidereal time is a time-keeping system astronomers use to keep track of the direction to point their telescopes to view a given star in the night sky. Briefly, sidereal time is a time scale that is ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

Solar time is a reckoning of the passage of time based on the Sun's position in the sky. The fundamental unit of solar time is the day. Two types of solar time are apparent solar time and mean ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

Daylight saving time or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during the lighter months so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. and p.m.. The 24 hour/day cycle starts at 12 a.m., runs through 12 noon and at the end of ...

Domain: Mathematics; Отрасль/сфера деятельности: Measurements

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